stinger

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  1. noun One that stings, especially an insult, that stings or wounds mentally.
  2. noun A stinging organ or part.
  3. noun A sharp blow.
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  • The minotaur shivered-and became a monster bug, with tremendous pincers, stinger, and mandibles. —  The Source of Magic
  • The fishpole-aerial thing it had erected out of its head was its stinger, and the yellow stuff was venom. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of Four-Day Planet, by H. Beam Piper
  • Rachel poked the sleeping cat with the barrel of her stinger, then stepped back Slowly the SuperCat unwound, sitting up in his silver box, muscles rippling beneath his soft short fur. —  Asimov'sSF,Feb2004
  • - Back splatter decals for hits with sniper rifle, stinger, and enforcer. —  NoFrag
  • Back splatter decals for hits with sniper rifle, stinger, and enforcer.
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. from sting + -er.
  2. Compare stingo. Prob. from sting, v., + -er; but a Malay origin (satenga, s'tenga, half, i. e., ‘half-and-half’) has been suggested.
 

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